# List of Canadian films of the 1960s

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1960s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1960 |||||
| Circle of the Sun | Colin Low | | Documentary | |
| Frames of Reference | Richard Leacock | | Documentary | |
| Universe | Roman Kroitor, Colin Low | | NFB animated/live-action short | Nominee at the 33rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject |
| 1961 |||||
| 1 + 1 (Exploring the Kinsey Reports) | Arch Oboler | Leo G. Carroll, Kate Reid, Austin Willis, Douglas Rain, Barbara Hamilton | Docudrama | |
| The Canadians | Burt Kennedy | Robert Ryan, John Dehner, Torin Thatcher, Burt Metcalfe | Western | UK-Canada coproduction |
| Golden Gloves | Gilles Groulx | | NFB short | |
| The Hired Gun | Lindsay Shonteff | Don Borisenko, Tass Tory, Jay Shannon | | |
| Macbeth | Paul Almond | Sean Connery | | CBC-TV drama |
| The Mask | Julian Roffman | Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Anne Collings, Martin Lavut | Horror | |
| Morning on the Lièvre | David Bairstow | | NFB short | Canadian Film Award – Theatrical Short; Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear for Short Film |
| Nikki, Wild Dog of the North | Jack Couffer & Don Haldane | Jean Coutu, Émile Genest, Uriel Luft, Robert Rivard | Family film | The first of three live-action films made in Canada by Disney, with a Canadian co-producing partner. |
| Very Nice, Very Nice | Arthur Lipsett | | NFB experimental short | It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 34th Academy Awards. |
| Wings of Chance | Edward Dew | James Brown, Frances Rafferty, Richard Tretter, Patrick Whyte | Drama | |
| Wrestling (La Lutte) | Michel Brault, Claude Jutra, Marcel Carrière & Claude Fournier | | NFB short | |
| 1962 |||||
| À St-Henri le cinq septembre | Hubert Aquin | | NFB documentary | |
| Alone or With Others (Seul ou avec autres) | Denis Héroux, Denys Arcand, Stéphane Venne | Nicole Braun, Pierre Létourneau, Marie-José Raymond | Drama | Student film and Denys Arcand's first directorial credit |
| Big Red | Norman Tokar | Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand | Family film | The third of three co-productions with Disney |
| Day After Day (Jour après jour) | Clément Perron | | Documentary | |
| Drylanders | Don Haldane | Frances Hyland, James Douglas, William Fruet | NFB drama | NFB's first English-language feature |
| Lonely Boy | Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig | | NFB documentary | This National Film Board of Canada production won a Canadian Film Award as top film of the year. |
| Manouane River Lumberjacks (Bûcherons de la Manouane) | Arthur Lamothe | | NFB documentary | |
| My Financial Career | Gerald Potterton | | Animated short | |
| Nahanni | Albert Faille | | NFB documentary | |
| 1963 |||||
| À tout prendre | Claude Jutra | Claude Jutra, Johanne Harrelle | Drama | Best Picture at the 1964 Canadian Film Awards. |
| Amanita Pestilens | René Bonnière | Jacques Labrecque, Huguette Oligny, Geneviève Bujold | Drama | |
| Anniversary | William Weintraub | Walter Pidgeon | Documentary | |
| The Bitter Ash | Larry Kent | Alan Scarfe, Lynn Stewart, Philip Brown, Diane Griffith | Drama | |
| Christmas Cracker | Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale, Gerald Potterton & Grant Munro | | NFB animated short | Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 37th Academy Awards. |
| The Incredible Journey | Fletcher Markle | Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed | Family film | The most famous of a trio of live-action animal films from Disney shot in Canada. |
| Pour la suite du monde | Michel Brault & Pierre Perrault | | NFB documentary | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| 1964 |||||
| 21-87 | Arthur Lipsett | | NFB experimental short | |
| 23 Skidoo | Julian Biggs | | NFB experimental short | |
| Canon | Norman McLaren, Grant Munro | | Animated short | |
| The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac) | Gilles Groulx | Barbara Ulrich, Claude Godbout, Manon Blain, Véronique Vilbert | Drama | An essential feature of early Quebec cinema. AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| The Earth to Drink (La terre à boire) | Jean-Paul Bernier | Genevieve Bujold, Pauline Julien, Patricia Nolin, Gilles Pelletier | Drama | |
| Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak | John Feeney | | NFB short | Academy Award nominee |
| Fields of Sacrifice | Donald Brittain | | Documentary | |
| The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Irvin Kershner | Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey, Libby McClintock | Drama | |
| Nobody Waved Good-bye | Don Owen | Peter Kastner, Julie Biggs, Claude Rae, Toby Tarnow, Charmion King, John Vernon | Drama | An essential feature of early English-Canadian cinema; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| Over My Head (Jusqu'au cou) | Denis Héroux | Raymond Levasseur, Édith de Villers, Guy Dufresne | Drama | Student film most noted for pre-political participation of future politicians Pierre Bourgault, Bernard Landry and Pierre Trudeau |
| Return to Oz | F. R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, Larry Roemer | Carl Banas, Susan Conway, Peggi Loder, Susan Morse, Larry D. Mann, Alfie Scopp | Animated | |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Larry Roemer | | Animated | |
| Sweet Substitute | Larry Kent | Robert Howay, Angela Gann, Carol Pastinsky | Drama | |
| Trouble-Maker (Trouble fête) | Pierre Patry | Lucien Hamelin, Jean Duceppe, Yves Létourneau | Drama | |
| Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête) | Léonard Forest | | Short documentary | |
| 1965 |||||
| 60 Cycles | Jean-Claude Labrecque | | NFB documentary | Canadian Film Award – Cinematography |
| Bethune | Donald Brittain | Donald Sutherland | NFB documentary | |
| Buster Keaton Rides Again | John Spotton | Buster Keaton | Documentary | |
| High Steel | Don Owen | | Documentary | |
| Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen | Donald Brittain, Don Owen | Leonard Cohen | NFB documentary | Canadian Film Award – TV Information |
| Memorandum | Donald Brittain, John Spotton | | Documentary | |
| The Merry World of Leopold Z (La vie heureuse de Léopold Z) | Gilles Carle | Guy L’Écuyer, Paul Hébert | Comedy | |
| The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam | Beryl Fox | | Documentary | Broadcast on CBC-TV; Canadian Film Award – Film of the Year |
| Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) | Fernand Dansereau | Jean-Guy Sabourin, Alain Cuny, Jacques Godin, Monique Mercure | NFB drama | |
| The Railrodder | Gerald Potterton | Buster Keaton | NFB short | |
| The Revolutionary (Le révolutionnaire) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Drama | |
| Rope Around the Neck (La Corde au cou) | Pierre Patry | Guy Godin, Andrée Lachapelle, Henri Norbert, Jean Duceppe | Drama | |
| The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan) | Arthur Lamothe | Monique Miller, Gilles Vigneault, Jean Doyon, Margot Campbell | Docufiction | |
| Summer in Mississippi | Beryl Fox | | Documentary | Broadcast on CBC-TV |
| A Trip Down Memory Lane | Arthur Lipsett | | Collage film | |
| When Tomorrow Dies | Larry Kent | Patricia Gage, Douglas Campbell, Neil Dainard | Drama | |
| Willy McBean and His Magic Machine | Arthur Rankin Jr., Kizo Nagashima | Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Alfie Scopp | Animated | |
| Winter Kept Us Warm | David Secter | John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Fielding | Drama | |
| 1966 |||||
| Angel | Derek May | Leonard Cohen | NFB short | CFA – Arts and Experimental |
| The Drag | Carlos Marchiori | | Animated short | |
| Footsteps in the Snow (Des pas sur la neige) | Martin Green | Peter Kastner, Ovila Légaré, Veronica Lake | Thriller | |
| Ghosts of a River (Trois hommes au mille carré) | Pierre Patry, Jacques Kasma | | Documentary | |
| Helicopter Canada | Eugene Boyko | | NFB documentary | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 39th Academy Awards. |
| Le Misanthrope | Louis-Georges Carrier | Guy Provost, Albert Millaire | Drama | A film record of a stage performance of the Molière play, thought to be the first in Canada, produced and distributed by Quebec’s film office and Ministry of Education. |
| Never a Backward Step | Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond, John Spotton | | Documentary | |
| Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail | Don Owen | Michèle Chicoine, Jackie Burroughs | Short drama | |
| Notes on a Triangle | René Jodoin | | NFB animated short | BAFTA – Animated Short |
| The Offering | David Secter | Kee Faun, Ratch Wallace | Drama | |
| Op Hop - Hop Op | Pierre Hébert | | Animated short | |
| Paddle to the Sea | Bill Mason | | NFB animated short | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards. |
| The Scribe | John Sebert | Buster Keaton | Comedy short | |
| The Trap | Sidney Hayers | Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed | Adventure | |
| Transfer | David Cronenberg | Mort Ritts, Rafe Macpherson | Short drama | |
| What on Earth! | Les Drew, Kaj Pindal | Narrated by Donald Brittain | NFB animated short | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards. |
| YUL 871 | Jacques Godbout | Charles Denner, Andrée Lachapelle, Paul Buissonneau, Jean Duceppe | Drama | |
| 1967 |||||
| Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) | Michel Brault | Claude Gauthier, Geneviève Bujold, Paul Gauthier, Robert Charlebois | Drama | |
| Canada '67 | Robert Barclay | | Documentary | |
| A Child in His Country (Un enfant...un pays) | Pierre Moretti | | Animated short | |
| Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate | John Howe | Ed Begley, Bruno Gerussi, Al Waxman | Drama | |
| Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Drama | |
| The Ernie Game | Don Owen | Alexis Kanner, Judith Gault, Jackie Burroughs, Derek May | Drama | CBC-TV/NFB co-production. |
| La Fleur d’âge: Geneviève | Michel Brault | Geneviève Bujold, Louise Marleau, Bernard Arcand | Short | |
| Flowers on a One-Way Street | Robin Spry | | NFB documentary | |
| The Fox | Mark Rydell | Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea | Drama | |
| From the Drain | David Cronenberg | | Short | |
| High | Larry Kent | Lanning Beckman, Peter Mathews | Drama | |
| The House that Jack Built | Ron Tunis | | NFB animated short | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Academy Awards. |
| In the Labyrinth | Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, Hugh O'Connor | | Multi-screen | Major attraction at Expo 67 precursor to IMAX |
| The Paper People | David Gardner | Marc Strange, Marigold Charlesworth | Drama | |
| A Place to Stand | Christopher Chapman | | Short | Academy Award, Best Documentary Short Subject nominee and winner for Best Live Action Short Subject. |
| The Sweet and the Bitter | James Clavell | Yoko Tani, Torin Thatacher, Jane Mallett | Drama | |
| The Things I Cannot Change | Tanya Ballantyne | Kenneth Bailey, Gertrude Bailey | Documentary | |
| This Is No Time for Romance (Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) | Fernand Dansereau | Monique Mercure, Marc Favreau | Short drama | |
| The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) | Pierre Perrault | | NFB documentary | |
| The Vulture | Lawrence Huntington | Akim Tamiroff, Broderick Crawford | Horror | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Waiting for Caroline | Ron Kelly | Alexandra Stewart, François Tassé, Sharon Acker | Drama | CBC-TV/NFB co-production |
| Warrendale | Allan King | | Documentary | |
| Wavelength | Michael Snow | Hollis Frampton, Joyce Weiland | Structural film | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| We Are Young | Alexander Hammid, Francis Thompson | | Documentary | |
| With Drums and Trumpets (Avec tambours et trompettes) | Marcel Carrière | | NFB documentary | Canadian Film Award – Short Documentary |
| 1968 |||||
| At Home | Martin Lavut | Martin Lavut, Adrienne Horswill | Short documentary | |
| The Ballad of Crowfoot | Willie Dunn | | Documentary | |
| The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | Peter Pearson | Chris Wiggins, Kate Reid, Margot Kidder | NFB drama | |
| Christopher's Movie Matinée | Mort Ransen | | NFB documentary | |
| Cosmic Zoom | Eva Szasz | | Animated short | |
| Dust from Underground (Poussière sur la ville) | Arthur Lamothe | Guy Sanche, Michelle Rossignol | Drama | |
| A Great Big Thing | Eric Till | Reni Santoni, Louise Latraverse, Paul Sand | Drama | |
| Isabel | Paul Almond | Geneviève Bujold, Marc Strange, Gerard Parkes, Al Waxman | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault (C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier) | Clément Perron, Georges Dufaux | Jacques Desrosiers, Paul Buissonneau, Paul Hébert | Comedy | |
| Juggernaut | Eugene Boyko | | Documentary | |
| Kid Sentiment | Jacques Godbout | Andrée Cousineau, François Guy, Michèle Mercure, Louis Parizeau | Docufiction | |
| The Man Who Wanted Nothing | Mary Walker-Sawka | Wallace McSween, Marilyn Marsh | Drama | |
| Pas de deux | Norman McLaren | | NFB animated short | Academy Award nominee |
| Patricia and Jean-Baptiste (Patricia et Jean-Baptiste) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Patricia Kaden-Lacroix | Comedy-drama | |
| Rat Life and Diet in North America | Joyce Weiland | | Experimental | |
| The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce) | Gilles Carle | Daniel Pilon, Donald Pilon, André Gagnon | Drama | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes | Bill Mason | | NFB short | |
| The River Schooners (Les Voitures d'eau) | Pierre Perrault | | NFB documentary | |
| Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au coeur) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Robert Charlebois, Claudine Monfette | Experimental drama | Made for the NFB |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Charles Jarrott | Jack Palance, Denholm Elliott, Leo Genn, Torin Thatcher | Drama | |
| Vienna | Orson Welles | | Documentary | |
| Walking | Ryan Larkin | | NFB animated short | Academy Award nominee |
| 1969 |||||
| <---> (Back and Forth) | Michael Snow | | Experimental | |
| All About Women | Claude Pierson | | Drama | |
| And No Birds Sing | Victor Cowie | Ian Malcolm, Marsha Sadoway, Michael Posner, Judy Daniels, Brian Stavechny | Drama | |
| Bambi Meets Godzilla | Marv Newland | | Animated | |
| Blake | Bill Mason | Blake James | NFB short | Academy Award nominee |
| Circle | Jack Chambers | | Experimental | |
| Deliver Us from Evil (Délivrez-nous du mal) | Jean-Claude Lord | Yvon Deschamps, Guy Godin | Melodrama | |
| Don't Let the Angels Fall | George Kaczender | Arthur Hill, Sharon Acker, Charmion King, Monique Mercure | Drama | |
| Dulcima | Matt Segal | Jackie Burroughs, John Colicos, Chuck Shamata | Drama | |
| Good Times Bad Times | Donald Shebib | | Documentary | |
| Hey, Cinderella! | Jim Henson | The Muppets | Television film | |
| The House of Light (Le Chambre blanche) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Michèle Magny, Marcel Sabourin | Drama | |
| A Married Couple | Allan King | | Documentary | |
| A Matter of Fat | William Weintraub | | Documentary | |
| My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Drama | |
| Reason Over Passion | Joyce Weiland | | Experimental | |
| Stereo | David Cronenberg | Ronald Mlodzik | Short | |
| To See Or Not to See (Psychocratie) | Bretislav Pojar | | NFB animated short | Canadian Film Award – Film of the Year, Animated Short; Berlin Film Festival – Golden Bear for Short Film |
| Valérie | Denis Héroux | Danielle Ouimet, Guy Godin, Yvan Ducharme, Claude Préfontaine | | |
| Vertige | Jean Beaudin | | Documentary | |
| Wow | Claude Jutra | | Docudrama | |
| You Are on Indian Land | Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell | | Documentary | |